#11

A Friend is a brother who use to be a bother!

Yes, since I wrote about my love for my sisters, I figured it would be harsh to leave Andy out. So today let's talk about brothers. My brother was "blessed" to have three sisters in his life, yeah I know lucky guy. Having three sisters who all seem to love hearing our voices, you would be correct to say Andrew never got more than a three word sentence in an hour long conversation, but if he did those three words often consisted of teasing and making us cry. My big brother use to be such a bully- I mean he would make fun of everything I did, wore, ate, everything! It is no exaggeration when I say that Andy is the person in this world who has made me cry the most.

So how can I love him you ask? I ask myself the same darn thing! haha, just

kidding. Over the years Andrew has become a great brother who I know I can count on. And we have always been close, I mean we don't sit there and have sister moments but I know if I need someone to talk or cry to he is there and vise versa, if Janine and Evalynn are reading this you both know what I am talking about, maybe even Auntie Aly (; I love Andy's funny jokes and his crude humor, his amazing cooking, and his adventurous heart, his random visits to San Diego where he buys me lunch and ice cream, and his encouraging words and I love how my first memory of him involves him feeding me cereal and saying "one bite for you, okay now my turn" as he took three bites. My brother has become a truly good guy who has such a bright future ahead of him, and I love him.

I know it is a little harder to express your love to your brothers than to your sisters, if you have both, you know what I am talking about. But I challenge you to try. Try telling your brother you love him and you are thankful for him and his overprotectiveness and his criticism, because it made you safe and gave you thicker skin. (At least it did in my case)

*yes, the picture above is me and Andy.